Texas special session called to address flood warning failures and emergency response after Hill Country flooding caused more than 100 deaths.

In the Austin area, 12 people are still missing and 16 are known to have perished after rain swept away homes along rivers and creeks.

The claim spread widely on social media after the floods that devastated the Lone Star State in early July 2025.

San Antonio anchor Stephania Jimenez fumed Saturday over a press conference that featured Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott thanking each other and President Donald Trump instead of giving immediate updates on the lethal floods in central Texas.

In the days after the devastating flood that killed dozens in Central Texas, local officials have deflected direct questions about preparations and warnings in advance of the storm that struck July Fourth.

Gov. Greg Abbott seems likely to add the issue to the agenda, telling reporters that legislators would have the opportunity at that point to discuss what,

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and House Speaker Dustin Burrows took an aerial tour surveying damage that was left behind in Kerr County.